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The word "primeval" is employed to evoke a sense of ancient, untouched origins, whether in nature or human culture. Writers use it to depict vast, unspoiled landscapes—for instance, a forest long untouched by modern development [1] or mountains and rivers steeped in an almost mystical antiquity [2]. It also appears in mythic narratives, where it designates the early, elemental forces of creation, as in the portrayal of the first deities [3]. Moreover, the term often characterizes the instinctive, raw qualities of early man, suggesting a primal state of being, as illustrated by the depiction of human nature in its most rudimentary form [4].
  1. About 60 years ago, it was covered with the primeval forest.
    — from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson
  2. THERE ARE MOUNTAINS STORED WITH EXHAUSTLESS TREASURES: forests—vast and primeval; and rivers that, tumbling or loitering, run wanton to the sea.
    — from The Art of Public Speaking by Dale Carnegie and J. Berg Esenwein
  3. Thus came into being the two first great primeval deities of the Greeks, Uranus and Ge or Gæa.
    — from Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome by E. M. Berens
  4. You saw man in the nakedness of his primeval instincts, and you were afraid, for you saw yourself."
    — from The Moon and Sixpence by W. Somerset Maugham

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